Adjustable garment-closure.



F. HIRSH.

ADJUSTABLE GARMENT CLOSURE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. s. 1913.

Patented June 1, 1915.

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FRED HIRSH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ADJUSTA COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

'DJUSTABLE GAMMENJEfiLOSURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1., 1915.

Application filed September 3, 1913. Serial No. 787,835.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED HrRsH, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and-usea closure of the character in question which can be adjusted when the garment is sold or after the adjustable fastening member has been removed for the purpose of washing the garment and, when once suitably adjusted, by an older person, can be used by a child without change in the adjustment.

With this end in view the invention comprises a fastening member which is removably and adj ustably secured to an extended end of the band closure and means by which said adjustable member can be fastened to and unfastened from the other end of the band.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification and wherein there is illustrated one specific embodiment of my invention, r'lgure l/is a view showing in side elevation the lower end of a leg of 'a pair of ,knickerbockers with the band fastened in its closed position; Fig. 2, a similar view with the band unfastened and its outer end thrown back; Fig. 6, a detached plan view ,of the adjustable fastening memher; and Fig. 4, a section on the line 4 10f Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings 5 indicates one of the two legs of a'pair of knickerbockers which is made with the usual placket 6 along the outer seam and is finished at the lower end with the usual band closure 7 having an extended outer-end 8. The sliding plate 9 is adjustably mounted upon the extended outer end of the band by passing the band outward through one slot and then back through the other slot over its middle bar 10, preferably having teeth 11 cut in and upset from its outer edge to engage the strap to prevent slipping. As here shown, the middle bar of the slide is provided with a central slot 12, cut in from its inner edge, which is adapted to engage the shank of a headed stud 13 secured in any suitable manner to the inner end of the band. Preferably, the mouth of the slot is contracted to closelv fit the shank of the post and its sides are upset (see Fig. 4:) so as to form a depression to receive the head of the stud. Other equivalent means may, of course, be employed for fastening the adjustable slide upon the extended outer end of the band to the inner end thereof; as, for example, a hook formed in and as a part of the outer edge of the middle bar of the slide and an eye secured to or an eyelet formed in the inner end of the band.

Perhaps the chief advantage of my improved fastening is in connection with boys knickerbockers, as already stated, or other garments for children, since it is obvious that it can be adjusted once for all when the garment is purchased or after it has been removed for the purpose of wash- A .ingthe garment and will remain in position so that the child has only to hook the slotted bar of the slide over the stud or secure the adjustable fastening member to. the inner end of the band in any equivalent manner provided therefor.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In knickerbockers, a band closure encircling the lower end of each leg and having a suitably extended outer end, a slide adj ustably mounted upon the extended outer end of the band andhaving its middle bar provided with an open slot, and a headed stud attached to the inner end of the band and adapted to be engaged by the slot in the middle bar of the slide.

2. A garment comprising, in combination with a placket and a band closure having an said parts together and require a shortening and tightening of the closure for their separation.

FRED HIRSH. In presence of WM. B. WHITNEY, MAY FRERERT. 

